1990 Valleydale Meats 500 - Irvan, Earnhardt Spin

Early on in the 1990 Valleydale Meats 500 at Bristol #4 Ernie Irvan battles #11 Geoff Bodine for the lead when Irvan spins coming off turn 2 but saves it from the wall and keeps going without a caution.

Just a few laps later #3 Dale Earnhardt spins in the same spot and he hits the inside wall to bring out the caution.

April 8th 1990

Category:

Sports

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• Nascar
• Winston
• Cup
• Series
• 1990
• Valleydale
• 500
• Bristol
• Ernie
• Irvan
• Dale
• Earnhardt
• Spin
• Wreck
• Crash

[Wetherluver123]

Wow thats old Bristol??? Dang I feel like I missed so much before my time.

[cmwel2000]

vintage earnhardt

[pwnzor3000]

If you look at 0:19, Ernie hit a dark spot in the track coming out of 2, and then spins coming onto the backstretch.

And at 1:49, Earnhardt hits the same spot, and spins out the exact same way, but with more damage.

I think there was oil, and NASCAR didnt notice it.

Great post!

RIP Dale

We miss ya man

[Winston2003]

Damn, NASCAR today would have thrown a caution today as soon as Irvan got slightly loose, let alone wreck the car. I miss old NASCAR...

[nickdolin24]

Haha, old school stuff... 2 tires the first time, 2 more next time.. nowadays the pits are so fast that they would have changed all 4..

[NigarT]

I love the squeegee method of cleaning the windshield instead of the tear-aways.

[Banger82]

what a save

[wirbelwindbattleship]

If you actually watch the video, Ernie most definitely did NOT save it completely from the wall. You can see him touch it slightly.